Twofer Challenge #3

Hello,
Today I have 2 cards that I am entering in the twofer card challenge #3 which has the prompt blossoms. My 2 cards are very different, in fact I have gone 3D for one of them, I hope that is allowed.

I have had a blossom stamp by Kaiser Craft for a while now and hadn't yet found an occasion to use it, until now of course. Here are my cards:

I will need to show you some more photos so you can see the stamp properly. The box card is for my granddaughter's 3rd birthday. She really liked the box card that I made for her older sister last year so I thought I would do one for her too. Her sister's card was a princess castle, this one needed to be different so it was the challenge that made me decide on a garden scene. I stamped the blossom in archival plum ink and then put little dots of colour in each blossom with my spectrum noir alcohol pens. I also used them to colour the little girl and the cheeky looking rabbits. You can see the blossom stamp better in these photos:

The second picture is the card folded up.

My second card is probably the most CAS card I have ever made. The blossom is stamped on a piece of yupo paper that I had coloured with alcohol ink. I then used the technique shown by Jennifer McGuire that she called alcohol ink ghost stamping. I used the same archival plum ink to stamp the image and then wiped it away and you are left with quite a detailed shadow left by the stamp, it is very neat. I decided to make this the focus of my card, so put it in a panel and scored the white card either side of the panel. I shall send this to a very special person in my life who has been unwell.
Here are the pictures:

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Happy crafting
Hilary
xx

2 cards 2 occasions

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Today I have made two cards to share at the Twofer Challenge #2, the theme is hearts. I had already made my valentines day card so I wanted to create cards for other occasions. I had this heart balloon stamp which I thought I could incorporate into a birthday card and a missing you card. Here they are:

My grandson is going to be 5 soon and he really loves Peter Rabbit so I thought Peter could be carrying the balloons along with his carrot. The card reads happy birthday Felix inside. Here is a closer look:

After colouring with alcohol markers the balloons were painted with a clear sparkle pen and then coated with glossy accents. They shine nicely when the light hits them right:

I hope he will like it.

My second card was inspired by Anita from the design team, I just love the simplicity of her white on craft card. I added a paper boarder to it as I couldn't quite cope with all the blank space:

 The balloons this time were coloured with gelly roll sparkle pens and then coated with glossy accents. They shine in the light much better than the previous card but the craft card has changed the colour of the 2 balloons in the middle. the pen was blue not green as they look.

I haven't really used uneven paper borders like this on my cards before. I think I quite like the effect so they may appear again.



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Happy Crafting
Hilary
xx

Green, orange and blue

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Today I am sharing this card on the Rubber Dance February challenge as I realised my colours matched the theme pretty well. Here is my card:

This is a new stamp and I was practicing with different coloured inks. It is the first time I have used a negative space stamp and found it worked well if I ink up the stamp with different colours. I really liked the effect of using bright bold complimentary colours together so I made a set (well 2 actually) as you can see below. I intend to make a box for them and give away as a set of note cards.

I am new to Rubber Dance Art Stamps so I don't own any yet, but they are definitely now on my wish list.



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Happy Crafting

Hilary
xx

Die cut tree

Hello,
Today I am sharing my card on Addicted to CAS challenge 129, code word TEAL and CAS on Friday #126 Dies:

The die cut tree (from Fuzzy Lemon) is inlaid into the white card which is propped up from the background with foam. The background is alcohol ink on yupo paper. I decided not to use a sentiment and added the butterfly instead. Here is a close up showing the background:

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Happy Crafting
Hilary xx

Spring

Hello,
Today I made a card to share at Inspired by all the little things #79. I saw the inspiration photo and realised I had a bicycle stamp that I had never used so I made this simple card:

Happy Crafting
Thank you for visiting
Hilary
xx